2. Installing the Microsoft Office Project Server from Scratch Adrian Jenkins Supportability Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

3. Today we’ll discuss Pre-installation tasks and considerations Setup Process

4. Pre-Installation Considerations Operating System Windows 2000 Server Windows Server 2003 Install IIS and ASP.NET Set “Internet Explorer Enhanced Security”

5. Pre-Installation Considerations Multiple vs. Single server installation Deployments can be very different How many users? PMs, Executives, RMs, Resources… Average size of Project plans? How often plans are updated? For guidance on what to do, see: “Microsoft Project Server 2003 Installation Guide” “Microsoft Project Server 2003 Configuration Planning Guide”

6. Pre-Installation Considerations Windows SharePoint Services… or not Now or later Analysis Services… or not Now or later

7. Pre-Installation Considerations Network topology Bandwidth vs. Latency Terminal Services

8. Pre-Installation Security Accounts Windows SharePoint Services “WSSAdmin” NT Authority\Network Service Analysis Services “OLAPAdmin” SQL Server Account with DB Creators and Security Administrators roles

9. Pre-Installation Preparing SQL 2000 Server, Analysis Services SQL Server and Windows Authentication (mixed mode) Installed SQL Server 2000 SP3 Installed Analysis Services SP3 Service Pack levels must match; various ways to check

10. Pre-Installation Windows SharePoint Services WMSDE vs. SQL Server SQL account vs. Windows account Application Pool

11. Microsoft Project Server 2003 Installation

12. Summary Plan ahead. Know how your Project Server will be used and by whom Make sure prerequisites have been met Prepare servers. Create accounts, install supporting technologies, etc. Install Project Server

13. Q&A

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